Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

LD 1740 — An Act To Support An Insured Patient'S Access To Affordable Health Care With Timely Access To Health Care Prices

Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on March 20, 2024.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  2. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  4. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-819) in concurrence

  5. Committee Amendment "A" (H-819) READ and ADOPTED

  6. READ ONCE

  7. On motion by Same Senator The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  8. Senator RENY of Lincoln asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw their motion To Table

  9. On motion by Senator RENY of Lincoln Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  10. Reports READ

  11. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  12. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-819)

  13. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  14. Committee Amendment "A" (H-819) was READ and ADOPTED.

  15. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  16. On motion of Representative PERRY of Calais, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  17. (Yeas 30 - Nays 106 - Absent 15 - Excused 0)

  18. ROLL CALL NO. 404

  19. Motion of Representative PERRY of Calais to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  20. Reports READ.

  21. Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  22. Voted - Divided Report

  23. Work Session Held

  24. Work Session Held - TABLED

  25. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.

  26. Carry Over Approved

  27. Carry Over Requested

  28. Work Session Held - TABLED

  29. On motion by Senator Bailey of York, REFERRED to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, in concurrence.

  30. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  31. On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.

  32. Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 78 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (176)

176 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Failed 30 Yea · 106 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 203006
Republican 45101
Unaffiliated 62308
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 30106015
% of votes cast 20%70%0%10%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Not Voting
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Not Voting
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
DAVIS of East Machias — Nay
DUNPHY of Embden — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Nay
JAUCH of Topsham — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Not Voting
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SHAW of Auburn — Nay
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Not Voting
WORTH of Ellsworth — Not Voting
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Ambureen Rana Democrat Yea
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Charles Skold Democrat Nay
Cheryl Golek Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Nay
Daniel Sayre Democrat Nay
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
David Sinclair Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Nay
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Eaton Democrat Nay
Holly Sargent Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Not Voting
Kelly Murphy Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Not Voting
Mana Abdi Democrat Not Voting
Marc Malon Democrat Nay
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthew Beck Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Not Voting
Michel Lajoie Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nina Milliken Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Not Voting
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Nay
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Not Voting
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abden Simmons Republican Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Ann Fredericks Republican Nay
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Nay
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David Boyer Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Dean Cray Republican Nay
Donald Ardell Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
James White Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Nay
Mark Babin Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Walker Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Rachel Henderson Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Yea
Roger Albert Republican Not Voting
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Nay
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1740?
LD 1740 is sponsored by Lynne WILLIAMS, Daniel Shagoury (Democrat), Anne PERRY, Colleen MADIGAN, Janice Dodge (Democrat), Scott W. Cyrway (Republican), Eric BRAKEY, Arthur Bell (Democrat), Donna Bailey (Democrat), and Poppy Arford (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1740?
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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